diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index dd4dedf7848..ff8fbb149e6 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-[1.12.2-SNAPSHOT]
+[1.13.0]
 - [BREAKING CHANGE] GWT: Updated to 2.11.0. `com.google.jsinterop:jsinterop-annotations:2.0.2:sources` must be added as a dependency to your html project dependencies.
 - [BREAKING CHANGE] Android: Minimum API level is now level 19 (Android 4.4)
 - [BREAKING CHANGE] iOS: Increased min supported iOS version to 12.0. Update your Info.plist file if necessary.
diff --git a/extensions/gdx-setup/src/com/badlogic/gdx/setup/DependencyBank.java b/extensions/gdx-setup/src/com/badlogic/gdx/setup/DependencyBank.java
index 88ef767d167..e816c67916b 100644
--- a/extensions/gdx-setup/src/com/badlogic/gdx/setup/DependencyBank.java
+++ b/extensions/gdx-setup/src/com/badlogic/gdx/setup/DependencyBank.java
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@
 public class DependencyBank {
 
 	// Versions
-	static String libgdxVersion = "1.12.1";
+	static String libgdxVersion = "1.13.0";
 	// Temporary snapshot version, we need a more dynamic solution for pointing to the latest nightly
-	static String libgdxNightlyVersion = "1.12.2-SNAPSHOT";
+	static String libgdxNightlyVersion = "1.13.1-SNAPSHOT";
 	static String roboVMVersion = "2.3.21";
 	static String buildToolsVersion = "33.0.2";
 	static String androidAPILevel = "33";
diff --git a/gdx/src/com/badlogic/gdx/Version.java b/gdx/src/com/badlogic/gdx/Version.java
index e9a46225e8c..9c2c171d77b 100644
--- a/gdx/src/com/badlogic/gdx/Version.java
+++ b/gdx/src/com/badlogic/gdx/Version.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
  * @author mzechner */
 public class Version {
 	/** The current version of libGDX as a String in the major.minor.revision format **/
-	public static final String VERSION = "1.12.1";
+	public static final String VERSION = "1.13.0";
 
 	/** The current major version of libGDX **/
 	public static final int MAJOR;
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 4c57fa70f89..12d257bce6e 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ org.gradle.configureondemand=false
 android.useAndroidX=true
 
 group=com.badlogicgames.gdx
-version=1.12.2
+version=1.13.0
 POM_NAME=libGDX
 POM_DESCRIPTION=Android/Desktop/iOS/HTML5 game development framework
 POM_URL=https://github.com/libgdx/libgdx